William Penn
William Penn
William Penn24 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 October 1644
CityLondon, England
Experience is a safe guide.
Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.
The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.
Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
Let us try what love will do.